hospitalized. on december 10, 2010. carey's boyfriend, the father said he was afraid for the baby's city. her home was under electronic surveillance. twice in two weeks she was taken to the hospital for a melt -- mental health. >> there has something called post partum psychosis where you lose connection. >> reporter: now carey's friends and families are struggling for answers. one of carey's childhood friends said the last time she saw her, she was okay. there will be an internal investigation into yesterday's

car chase and shooting. they will question whether miriam carey's car was considered a weapon and a threat that needed to be contained. >> with all that action there's very little movement inside when it comes to the shutdown. frustration is starting to mount. moderate republicans could quarterback a petition that could fund the government and and the standstill. both sides are blaming one another. >> now the president continues to refuse to sit down with us republicans, and, sadly, that is a hall mark of his presidency. >> i said i am happy to have neshations with the republicans and speaker boehner on a whole range of issues, but we can't do it with a gun held to the head of the american people hour markets are just a mess. there's no certainty that cloning will come together to --

congress will come together to avoid a default. police working in baltimore city are getting paid. >> they're making a ton in overtime, even though they don't always have a choice in the matter. they spent an average of $23 million on overtime each year. joce sterman found the total is much higher with some officers getting tens of thousands in evertime. >> reporter: on any given sunday, you'll find them, a team in uniform on the field at m&t bank stadium. it is a plum assignment, not just because of the view, but the pay. for many baltimore police officers, these sunday shifts

are overtime. even that keith urban concert from a few weeks ago demand more city police at a cost and it adds up. >> there's always a cost. >> reporter: with police overtime the police said we're talking five times $5 million just for this last fiscal year. we found out the total was much higher. when we started questioning police evertime spending, we discovered the totals doesn't count. we questioned the spending after getting a copy of the salary database. it showed police officers took home more than $30 million in ot in twirn -- 2013. the starting salary is $43,000. some made even more.

pulling in $60,000, $80,000, even $100,000 ot. the department's highest paid employee made $110,000 in evertime in 2013. add in her $67 base salary and she made more than the mayor, her boss commissioner anthony batts. >> to nut that much overtime, you don't have a life. >> reporter: abc2 investigators did the math and found that for an officer to make that much, she to work more than 2,000 per year and that's on top of 40

hours on -- 40 hours on top of her regular shift. >> we do have evertime available. >> staff shortages, the police department said leave them searching for a trel officers on a regular basis. transcriptions and other things add to the tab. simply putting cops in cars to fill each shift account for 65% of their evertime spending. >> we know we need the pel on the streets but we need it manage this better. >> reporter: it's in the just a matter of spending but safety. >> we're making life and death decisions and they have to be sharp. >> reporter: that's difficult considering the work load. they determined they'd have to work an average of 33 hours of ot a week it make their current

wage. that's at left a 70-hour workweek. >> you don't want someone out there tired, having to do the job they have to do to protect and serve. >> reporter: the department has made changes with commissioner anthony batts issuing a new policy aimed at safety in june. it limits work to 75 hours per week, 16 hours per day. >> some pel are working ex-- people are working extraordinary hours. however, what we have to do better is using our policies to ensure that officers are safe on the street. >> reporter: they work eight hours and beyond. >> not just the yes time. this is one little piece of a bigger problem and a bigger puzzle that the city for years

has put on the back burner. >> reporter: coming up at 6 we'll hear more about the big problem. as for the evertime that's in the included in the total you often he, the police department said when officers are inside the stadiums, they don't count that because the city gets paid back. that's sign but that's not the case for officers outside. that goes into another evertime bucket and court time. all of that is separate. matter where you put it or who pays for it. it's being done by police officers on top of their regular schedule. joce sterman, abc2 news. you can look at how much they're working for themselves. check out the salary database and see how they're taking it on. go to abc2news.com. guys? >> great work. more coming up. looks like more and more people

are coming to baltimore, but it's not to see the inner harbor. >> they're coming to see our animals. why the government shutdown has people incoming to the maryland zoo. >> and royally flush. the race for king and queen was cut short. how using condoms got two teens thrown out of a homecoming. ♪

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it's crowded out there at the maryland disoo. thanks to the shutdown, they said they have gotten calls from schools. it's good for the maryland zoo,

right? >> it's been noise we've been able top help them out so they didn't have to disappoint the children. >> way to go. it isn't affected by the shutdown. they're open every day from 10 to 4 no looking for a party this weekend that knows how to howl? there will be dog fest. >> you can bring your going for games, food and fun. abc2's roosevelt leftwich has more. >> roxy wants to be treated kindly and have her belly rubbed -- often. when she came to the humane society she was emaciated. despite what happened to her,

she's loving and with make a great family pet. the cost to restore her and others, is part of why you need people to come out to dog fest. >> a lot of times they need medical care, sometime has large amount. we will get them the care they need. it can be thousands and thousands of dollars to take care of them. ed every animal gets fully vaccinated, spayed and neutered and a mi cree chip. >> reporter: this is a chance for people to not only help out but have fun with their own dog and moat some of the well trained animals up for adoption. because of the state's law, a lot of the breeds are pitbulls or pitbull mixes. they are hard to adopt out. what is cuter than a pitbull in

a tutu. >> we do our best to get them ready for a home. we have two part-time trainers. they work almost every single day with each of the dogs trying to get them to learn basic commands. we can't run without the count support. we would have to close our doors. >> reporter: in reisterstown, roosevelt leftwich. it will be tomorrow from 10 until 5 at the main campus on nick codeem must -- nick road. take a look at the 3d perspective. we're clear. as we look further south we see our big weather maker on the board. that would be tropical storm

karen. watching it carefully, quite a system. more coming up. this is a great time to get the storm shield. so just one download a good thing to have because monday and tuesday things could change. we think the weekend will look like today, hazy and warm. take a look at annapolis on the severn river. how about dundalk today, hazy on the east side. a few clouds billow up. a couple showers up into pennsylvania but none in maryland. take a look at the airport. temperature 85. the real feel temperature close to the upper 80s to near 90. it is warm, unseasonably so. we're in the mid to upper 80s. we'll see some good sunshine, cloud cover at time. uv is moderate. we're up to 72 in the bay after bottoming out. 85 in baltimore.

76 at the beach. we got the sea breeze but for most of the state, if -- it's unseasonably warm and humid. once again, a steam bath scenario. humidity is cranking up. and that really will feel border line. that's a great time it get in. you'll need the cool beverages and dress light. tonight and into the day tomorrow we're looking a good, maybe a stray shower toward dope croak lake and beyond that into the day on sunday still looking good. we get the weekend on a dry note but the edge of future rain beginning to move into monday. right now all clear except north of us, but things will begin to change here as you go forward in time. let's shift hour focus. number one, very warm temperatures but the other thing surging our way will be this

abun dapt tropical moisture. karen is down from 65-mile-an-hour to 50. there's dry air on the gulf even though the sea side temps are warm. she's still 35 miles south of mobile. slow arrival, heavy rains for northern florida. some of that moisture ultimately will get swept up the east coast and bring us rain monday into tuesday. our concern tonighting in but patchy fog and staying mild. 87. it's going to be summer like warmth. the next few days we seat warmth into sunday. we begin to cool things down. and beyond the karen event monday into tuesday in terms of rain, things turn drier and more

seasonal. right now looking good for phelps point fun -- phelps -- fells point fun fest. homecoming king and queen are huge honors. >> we'll introduce you to the two candidates who incorporated condoms in their run for the crown. >> and an older teen landed behind bars but was she targeted because she was a lesbian.

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homecoming king and queen hopefuls. they wanted to end their high school senior year with a bang but their dreams are history after they decided to hand out condoms. >> we thought it would be funny and good for us to give condoms because it was part of the human body. >> the school disqualified them from the running. they described the campaign as inappropriate activity. we want to know what you think? should the teens have been thrown out of the race? does it send out a positive message? >> all right. the government shutdown has effects. >> and a routine traffic stop is

caught on dash cam. >> and why you might want to buy the cow. >> okay. weather wise, look for conditions to steadily get warmer by tomorrow afternoon. we'll have much more on that and your most accurate seven-day forecast just minutes away.

five children were hurt during a bus crash. it happened on luther -- in lutherville. the kids had climbed out by the time emergency crews got there. >> the fire marshal inspected 20 days after emergency exits were found padlocked. doors were locked at two other schools. city school leaders have not discussed any violations. four days into the government shutdown, and looks like little movement.

the key top anding it could be moderate republicans who could force the vote. both sides spent the day blaming each other. >> they're having a party because nobody is home. >> we're not invited. >> the barrier island is bear since the government shutdown. don harrison spent the day on an empty beach. >> sorry, folks, park's closed. >> well, the moose out front didn't tell them, but this sign did. the park is closed because of the shutdown. >> very disappointed. >> reporter: mush like the dpris walleds and their trip to wally world, they planned this trip for a year. >> we've been affected every day. we had our route planned out to visit different national monuments and parks. so we had to go to things that weren't part of our original

plan. >> reporter: the park manager said her park is sold out now thanks to a lot of people turned away from the federal park. >> we had people from germany who made a special trip to come. >> reporter: some were fortunate to get a camp site on the state side run but that still didn't take the disappointment away eye was looking forward it goings to the national side because i heard it was pretty, pristine wilderness. >> it's annoying, and got me grumpy, but so it goes, i guess. >> reporter: steve is lucky enough to get his sight in the state park. he likes this go fishing in the federal park but that's not going to happen. >> we have a government that can't keep their parks open let alone get real business done. >> this is not the way the government should function. >> reporter: the griswalds and

others say this isn't a movie they want to see. how about tropical storm karen bearing down. in florida organizers canceled the seafood festival. the chairman said canceling is the safest thing to do. the national hurricane center issued a hurricane watch. karen is the first named storm of the system and expect it to make landfall in the u.s. karen is looking pretty impressive on the satellite view. some wind shear. warm temperatures working for karen. at this point in time she may remain a tropical storm but we'll have to see if it ramps up to a cat one hurricane and it

may come into mobile, alabama or destin, florida. in the meantime it's all about the heated and humidity. dew point at 70. it feels like 90 in the city. here we are talking about heat index values in early october. mild overnight. 82 by midday. we'll talk about your complete weekend and when the rain comes in straight ahead. >> caught on camera, a harrowing traffic stop out of oregon. this is the scene from the patrol car back in august. the troop -- state trooper pulled over a military vet. he has one hand behind his back. the trooper asked him to get back into his car and then he opened fire. dposh. that's hard to watch. >> the trooper fired back and got in his car and drove off. the military vet